A new series of books can help your child master a range of local languages, writes Carli Coetzee.
Niki Daly’s latest book, Old Bob’s Brown Bear is a sensitive account of a triangular relationship between a girl, her grandfather and a bear. The main character is a girl called Emma, who falls in love with her grandfather’s teddy bear and persuades the “Old Bob” of the title to part with it. Instead of […]
After five years, Cornershop have made a dazzling comeback, writes Alexis Petridis.
<b>Not the movie of the week:</b> Barbet Schroeder has made some interesting films, but <i>Murder by Numbers</i> is not one of them, writes Shaun de Waal.
This week’s announcement by pharmaceutical company Vaxgen of a potential vaccine against the HI-virus must be treated with caution. The announcement from the United States company came on the first day of the 14th International Aids Conference in Barcelona. According to Vaxgen, if all goes well, they may be in a position to market the […]
An Amnesty International report released this week says torture and ill-treatment are the most frequently reported human-rights violations committed by police in Southern Africa. The Policing to Protect Human Rights report found the South African Police Service (SAPS) was often cited for bribery and corruption. It also found a high level of illiteracy in the […]
It’s not bullfighting’s big leagues. But in small-town California, a handful of passionate people like Dennis Borba give the dramatic clash between man and beast life in the United States. Borba, outfitted in his traje de luces, the snug “suit of lights” meant to keep horns from snaring the garment, says a traditional pre-fight prayer […]
However strenuous our leaders’ efforts to steer our continent out of its morass of underdevelopment, poverty, disease and civil strife, their strategy is based on such shaky assumptions that they are likely to achieve little progress.
The government is now legally obliged, "without delay", to implement a comprehensive nationwide programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This must include the provision of nevirapine, which is an anti-retroviral drug.
The ying and the yang of the African Union (AU) summit are encapsulated in two images: the controlling hand of Thabo Mbeki on the gavel and the robed and ranting Moammar Gadaffi.